Beijing Suffocates
Living in Beijing is now at an unbearable stage with pollution levels soaring since 19th February. PM 2.5 (particulate matter) concentrations that are the most damaging to human health hit levels of...
View ArticleAustralia Dreaming
Tesla Supercharge Stations 2015 Time to Wake Up …More and more the advance of EVs and EV infrastructure is gaining ground seemingly everywhere except for sleepy old Australia. With just a few notable...
View ArticleDeath by Diesel
We’ve made a point many times about the toxicity of the current global fleet. Outdoor air pollution, much of which is caused by vehicle exhaust has led to 3.2 million premature deaths worldwide in...
View Article2000 Dead in Madrid
Not from terrorism – not from Ebola – but still dead and it happens every year. 2000 die in Madrid annually from vehicle pollution and the locals are fed up with it. It’s not as if Madrid is the...
View ArticleAustralia’s EV Opportunity
Australia has not been marked out as a country that embraces electric vehicles. VW won’t come here as they don’t see any enthusiasm for the technology and there are no incentives for zero emission...
View ArticleQueensland Electric Highway
The Queensland government has called for expressions of interest in building an EV solar powered fast charge highway throughout the state. Initially this would incorporate an existing petrol service...
View ArticlePorsche Daimler Mercedes City told to Take the Bus
The town of Stuttgart in south western Germany has recorded levels of air pollution almost twice the safe maximum and residents have been told to leave the car at home. Levels of PM10 (particulate...
View ArticleWho’s Trying to Kill the Electric Car?
Perhaps you saw the movie based on the GM’s EV1 “Who Killed the Electric Car”. Was it a conspiracy or was it a business decision based on economics? Whatever the truth behind the demise of the EV1...
View ArticleNew Zealand Announces EV Incentives
We’ve just had an election based budget in Australia and not a mention of climate change. Our head in the sand government hasn’t a clue or is simply bought and paid for by the fossil fuel industry....
View ArticleElectric Vehicles – A Missed Opportunity for Australia?
The Slow Shuffle toward Electric Cars The emergence of electric cars as a viable alternative to fossil fuel based vehicles is an exciting and most needed environmental intervention in Australian...
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